On 29 July 2021, a delegation of Swiss-based Ambassadors of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) paid a visit to GESDA and were given a tour of Campus Biotech.
The delegation included: Sharrina Abdullah, Ambassador of Malaysia in Bern, Muliaman D. Hadad, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Bern, Latsamy Keomany, Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Lao PDR to the UN Office in Geneva, Le Linh Lan, Ambassador of Viet Nam to Switzerland and Lichtenstein, Chakri Srichawana, Ambassador of Thailand in Bern, Yin Po Myat, Minister-Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Geneva, Josephine M. Reyante, Minister and Consul General of the Republic of the Philippines in Bern.
The delegation was welcomed by Michael Møller, Chairman of the Diplomacy Forum and Daria Robinson, Executive Director of the Diplomacy Forum at GESDA as well as Gérard Escher, Senior advisor to the GESDA Board.
The delegation was given a broad overview of the activities and future plans of GESDA and the ensuing lively discussion addressed a number of topics such as the ways to learn from the current COVID-19 pandemic to prevent the next global crisis, the necessity to include ASEAN and other interested countries into GESDA’s plans of action in order to co-develop solutions that would also benefit them, and the consideration of the appointment of “scientific attachés” in their Permanent Missions in Geneva.
According to a report in the Courrier du Vietnam, Ambassador Lê Linh Lan of Vietnam “highly appreciated GESDA’s global vision in bringing together and connecting leading diplomats and scientific experts. GESDA takes advantage of the city of Geneva, where many multilateral organisations meet, to create new international partnerships.”
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